If you can understand that seas symbolize time, chaos and entropy, while trees and mountains represent space, stability and security, then you are ready for taking things just a bit farther. Pageau’s The Language of Creation teaches us that time is also associated with a wheel spinning on its axle, round and without end. It…
Tag: above and below
Overwhelming Forces
So far, my reading in Pageau’s The Language of Genesis is consistent with what I spent five decades learning about the biblical Hebrew metaphysics. Like Heiser, he brings a stronger and broader knowledge of things I could see only in glimpses, bits and pieces through the veil of human frailty. These men were appointed by…
Time and Space
One of the things Pageau doesn’t point out directly in his The Language of Creation is that, in the Hebrew mindset, we don’t need to understand the mechanism of things we encounter in our fallen world. There’s nothing wrong with it, but it’s not necessary to serve the Lord. Rather, the emphasis in Scripture is…
Quite Intentionally
Above and below; there’s so much to explore in that territory. Symbolism in the Bible is not always straightforward, and seldom simple for those of us with western educations. There’s always a bridge between above and below. It varies with the context, but the whole point is the call and response. Heaven calls; the earth…
The Whole Command 03
In yesterday’s post I left off with the implication that the Hebrew mystical outlook is as close to the eternal outlook as we can get. To follow Christ is to become more Hebraic in your mental organization. If you want to make Christian religion a body of teaching, then that body of teaching must include…